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-1935 Refrain The 1928 version of "Good Old Mountain Dew" is close to the style of a ballad. The lyrics tell the story of a man's first day in court to answer charges of making illegal alcohol. In the first verse, the prosecutor closes his case. In the next three verses, several respected members of the community—the deacon, the doctor, and the conductor —visit the charged man, trying to ...
A Dear John Letter. " A Dear John Letter ", or " Dear John " is a popular country music song written by Billy Barton, Fuzzy Owen and Lewis Talley. It was popularized by Ferlin Husky and Jean Shepard, [ 1] and was a crossover country-pop hit in 1953. The song played on the concept of a Dear John letter while referencing the United States ...
Smithsonian/Folkways. Songwriter (s) Francis D. Henry. " Old Settler's Song (Acres of Clams) " is a Northwest United States folk song written by Francis D. Henry around 1874. The lyrics are sung to the tune " Old Rosin the Beau ." The song also goes by the names "Acres of Clams", “Lay of the Old Settler,” “Old Settler’s Song,” while ...
In the first issue of Billboard of 1950, Christmas songs were at number one on two charts, with "Blue Christmas" by Ernest Tubb in the top spot on the juke box chart and Gene Autry 's recording of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" atop the jockeys chart. The number one on the best sellers chart was "Slipping Around" by Margaret Whiting and Jimmy ...
"You Are My Sunshine" is an American standard of old-time and country music and one of the official state songs of Louisiana. Its original writer is disputed. [2] [3] [4] According to the performance rights organization BMI, by the year 2000 the song had been recorded by over 350 artists and translated into 30 languages. [5]
"Old Dan Tucker" entered the folk vernacular around the same time. Today it is a bluegrass and country music standard. It is no. 390 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The first sheet music edition of "Old Dan Tucker," published in 1843, is a song of boasts and nonsense in the vein of previous minstrel hits such as "Jump Jim Crow" and "Gumbo Chaff."
Maple on the Hill" (also known by its original title of "We Sat Beneath the Maple on the Hill") is a country and western standard (song), written by Gussie Davis in 1880. [1] The song was Davis's first published song. Davis published it himself, paying a local printer $20, and sold enough copies to make his money back plus a little more. [2]
The first commercial recording of what is widely considered to be the first country song featuring vocals and lyrics was Fiddlin' John Carson with "Little Log Cabin in the Lane" for Okeh Records on June 14, 1923. [35] [36] Vernon Dalhart was the first country singer to have a nationwide hit in May 1924 with "Wreck of the Old 97".